Over the past few years I have been sent many humourous emails, so I thought that I would share them with others.
BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY!!
Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then
insured them against, among other things, fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having
made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the
insurance company. In his claim the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires"
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the
cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued, and WON! (Stay with me)
Delivering the ruling the judge agreed with the insurance company, that the claim was frivolous.
The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, which it had
warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be "unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the
claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted
the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the "fire".
NOW FOR THE BEST PART;
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of
ARSON!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used
against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was
sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
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